• @[email protected]
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    02 years ago

    Nowhere in the article does it say that they tried.

    I’m like legitimately worried for you. Lead contamination is a serious problem.

      • @[email protected]
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        02 years ago

        Last I checked, the Pentagon falls higher on the scale of “reliable statements by government” than some random General.

        • USNewsJunkie
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          02 years ago

          @zephyreks dude I don’t know any other way to explain it to you so that you can comprehend it. The balloon was trying to collect information and was thwarted. You have it from a brigadier general that mitigation efforts certainly contributed to the balloon not collecting any information. You can try and act like it was just not collecting information out of the goodness of the Chinese’s heart, but that is a blatant misrepresentation of fact.

          • @[email protected]
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            02 years ago

            Not according to the Pentagon, which last I checked was a more reliable source than a single General. A General can say whatever they want, but the Pentagon has to actually check facts.

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              02 years ago

              @zephyreks You work for the Pentagon? I notice that you’ve made that claim twice without any reference material to justify your claim. But sure, if you feel the need to impune the character of a US Brigadere General and esentially call him in a liar, I know who I’m going to trust and it’s not your word.